Advances in Assessment and Training of Perceptual-Motor Performance (2nd Edition)
A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Sensory and Motor Neuroscience".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 143
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sport-related concussion; assessment of injury risk; perceptual motor training
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Dear Colleagues,
Most human endeavours involve a series of decisions that guide goal-directed interactions with changing environmental conditions. Historically, the brain processes that link sensory inputs and memories to the execution of effective goal-directed actions have been viewed as mysterious, unmeasurable, and unmodifiable. Recent advances in neuroimaging technologies are rapidly increasing our knowledge in this area, but clinical applications of the findings need further development and documentations of their effectiveness. How might the speed and accuracy of perceptual decisions be enhanced among athletes, military personnel, and law enforcement officers? What non-pharmaceutical treatment options might improve specific brain processes that have been impaired by traumatic brain injury, psycho-affective conditions, or neurodegenerative disorders? How might cognitive efficiency be preserved across the lifespan? Can clinically documented improvements in various brain functions be linked to real-world functional performance capabilities?
The purpose of this Special Issue is to gather research pertaining to measurable behaviours or physiological markers that are associated with potentially modifiable brain processes such as selective attention, visual detection, sensory weighting, stimulus discrimination, conflict resolution, decision making, motor control, and bilateral movement symmetry. Any research findings that may contribute to a better understanding of interventions for improvements in the speed, accuracy, and consistency of responses to environmental stimuli are welcomed, as well as content reports relating to the prevention and/or rehabilitation of specific brain-related pathologies.
Prof. Dr. Gary Wilkerson
Dr. Scott L. Bruce
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- perception
- cognition
- motor control
- neural efficiency
- traumatic brain injury
- neurodegeneration
- psycho-affective disorder
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